| Betreff: | [AISWorld] CFP: ISR Special Issue on "Information, Technology, and the Changing Nature of Work" |
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| Datum: | Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:14:09 -0500 |
| Von: | Ritu Agarwal <ragarwal@rhsmith.umd.edu> |
| An: | aisworld@lists.aisnet.org |
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the Call
for Papers for a special issue of ISR on "Information, Technology, and the
Changing Nature of Work." Guest editors for the special issue are Chris
Forman, Georgia Institute of Technology, John King, University
of Michigan, and Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve
University.
Please visit http://www.informs.org/Pubs/ISR/Calls-for-Papers
for more details on submission deadlines, editorial board, and
special issue review process.
Special Issue Focus
There is widespread belief and
growing evidence that the nature of work is changing as a
result of the application of information technology (IT) and,
more broadly, the use of information and technology in human
enterprise. The focus of this special issue is on work,
including its content, coordination, organization, and
sustainment over time in what has been historically called
“livelihood†or “career.†Work, which for a long time
has been derivative of organizational decisions and actions,
might be changing in ways that influence decisions and actions
of organizations rather than the other way around. In
particular, new patterns of digitally mediated collaboration
may engender changes in the geographic distribution of work,
while new forms of digitally mediated contracting make short
hold-time collaborations a viable alternative to earlier
models of long-term employment.
Information and technology have influenced the nature of work in traditional organizations, but another important development has been the rise of “open†behavior: open models of production (e.g., open source software), open sourcing of ideas (e.g., crowdsourcing and collective intelligence), and open access to information resources (e.g., open educational resources). This includes work among distributed individuals and organizations using technology-enabled platforms that facilitate “open†behavior.
This special issue of ISR is designed to stimulate new thinking and innovative research on the relationship among information, technology, and the changing nature of work. We invite papers that use a variety of investigative approaches, including strategic, organizational, behavioral, economic, and technical perspectives. The scope of the special issue is limited only by the relationship among information, technology, and work. Submissions should contribute significantly to understanding and planning for next steps in research. Ideally, papers published in this special issue will help guide research in this area for the coming years while simultaneously being relevant for policy makers.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: